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A Nation Divided

If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?

By David Enders

ABAA AL BOR, Iraq—At the height of sectarian fighting two years ago, Sunni militias fired hundreds of mortars each day on parts of this mostly Shiite village nine miles from Baghdad, driving nearly all of its estimated 50,000 residents outside Iraq or to other parts of the country. “My house was destroyed and my son was kidnapped and killed,” says Abbas… return to article

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